Cateria

Cateriidae is a family of kinorhynchs placed either in the class Cyclorhagida (according to Sørensen et al.) or Allomalorhagida (according to Herranz et al.).[2] It consists of a single genus, Cateria Gerlach, 1956.[1]

Cateria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Kinorhyncha
Class: Cyclorhagida
Order: Kentrorhagata
Family: Cateriidae
Gerlach, 1956
Genus: Cateria
Gerlach, 1956[1]

Species
  • Cateria gerlachi Higgins, 1968[3]
  • Cateria styx Gerlach, 1956[1]

References
  1. Gerlach, S. (1956). Über einen aberranten Vertreter der Kinorhynchen aus dem Küstengrundwasser. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 12, 120–124.
  2. Herranz, Maria; et al. (March 2022). "Phylogenomic analyses of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 168: 107375. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107375. PMID 34952205. S2CID 245419318.
  3. Higgins, R. P. (1968). Taxonomy and postembryonic development of the Crytorhagae, a new suborder for the mesopsammic kinorhynch genus Cateria. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 87(1), 21–39.


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